New Species in the Podisi Group of Telenomus Haliday (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae): Candidates for Biological Control
Species of the Telenomus podisi group (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) parasitize the eggs of stink bugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomoidea). Outside of North America and Western Europe, this group has received little attention, and the lack of identification resources impedes using its species for biological control against plant pests. We here describe three new species of interest for controlling stink bugs in agricultural ecosystems, Telenomus bangshou Talamas, new species, Telenomus dissidens Talamas, new species, and T. kaingaroa Talamas, new species, and redescribe T. sechellensis Kieffer. These species are diagnosed from similar congeners with a combination of morphology and the barcoding region of COI. A Malagasy species, Telenomus planifrons (Risbec), new combination, is transferred from the genus Trissolcus Ashmead and recognized as a species in the podisi group.
Authors
- Sophia K. Hunt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1977-5004)
- Héctor Urbina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5570-4537)
- Rosali Moffat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3010-7493)
- Kate Stannard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4345-0752)
- Gerda Fourie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2650-5448)
- Byron Sonnekus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7228-4810)
- Gonzalo Andres Avila (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5584-453X)
- Roger Wallis
- Jonathan S. Bremer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4726-6995)
- Meghan Mulcahy
- Elijah J. Talamas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1048-6345)
- Disna N. Gunawardana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8221-8190)
- SHERYL GEORGE
- 汪辛耕
- Darren F. Ward (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4509-8553)
- Wan-Hsiu Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-4194)
- Asha Chhagan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3598-5199)
- Christina Rowe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4040-7329)
- Paul M. Rogers
- Karina Santos
- Tara Taylor
- Cameron Zuck
- Khalipha Damburza
- Barbara Lima
- Pablo Lopez
- Dongmei Li
- Frances Macdonald
Institutions
- Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (US)
- Ministry for Primary Industries (NZ)
- University of Pretoria (ZA)
- Unitec Institute of Technology (NZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington
- Published
- 2026-10-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.128.3.420
- Primary Topic
- Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00